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Meanings of barnacle goose in English

Catalan
oca de ventre blanc

European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north.

        oca de ventre blanc
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        Examples for "barnacle"
        Examples for "barnacle"
        1
        He is a sort of barnacle, taken in on his wife's account.
        Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41
        2
        Are you here to take over for that old barnacle Captain Davis?
        A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
        3
        She's a regular barnacle, and won't let me go for a minute.
        Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
        4
        The method could be applied to quantify barnacle larvae in natural plankton samples.
        Pubmed
        5
        Michael switched his light on and made out a barnacle-crusted dock just ahead.
        The Wolf’s Hour
        Usage of barnacle goose in English
        1
        There are folk who can take as many forms as a barnacle goose.
        Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
        2
        As the title suggests, it shows a fox cub grimly hanging on to a barnacle goose it has caught, refusing to share it with siblings.
        The Guardian
        3
        With the Barnacle Goose Tree the Herbal proper closes, in these quaint words:
        Gossip in a Library
        4
        Heads of the Eider, King Buck, Barnacle Goose, and White-fronted Goose, drawn by ditto
        The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volum...
        5
        The Raven, the Barnacle Goose and the Whale
        Short Sketches from Oldest America
        6
        This bird had been seen before upon Preservation Islancd, and was either a Brent or a Barnacle goose, or between the two.
        An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 / ...
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